15 Years

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[Verse 1]
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15 Years on the county line
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Enough to make a man nearly 
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lose his mind
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Down in Arlington, Virginia where 
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the law make us stay

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Ball and chain never felt so real
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Walls of stone fifty bars of steel
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When the warden gives me pardon 
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darlin' I'll be coming home your way

[Chorus]
N.C.    F                           
       G                     C
And I wish you could have seen it 
when the good Lord spun me round
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I should have known better than to 
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think they could keep a good man 
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down
G
So please don't you worry
G                               C 
Please don't you ever come see me
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[Verse 2]
C              C            
Leaving out of Texas for that 
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eastern sunrise
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Well now, I was in a bad way Lord 
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but not to my surprise

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Judge in a cornfield tryin' a man
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They said let him hang in the 
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white desert sand
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When the warden gives me pardon 
darlin' I'll be coming home your way
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[Chorus]
N.C.    F                           
       G                     C
And I wish you could have seen it 
when the good Lord spun me round
                    F              
I should have known better than to 
                 G              
think they could keep a good man 
   C
down
G
So please don't you worry
G                               C 
Please don't you ever come see me
 C  C C C C


The guitar solo is rather weird.  
Sometimes my band just plays G but 
the chords go like this:
F           C           F       
    C
G      F      C      G G G G G G G G

[Verse 3] (They sing this acappella 
but you can play the same chords 
from above.)
N.C.
15 Years on the county line
N.C.
Enough to make a man nearly lose his
 mind
N.C.
Down in Arlington, Virginia where 
the law make us stay

Ball and chain never felt so real
Walls of stone fifty bars of steel
When the warden gives me pardon 
darlin' I'll be coming home your way

N.C.    F                           
       G                     C
And I wish you could have seen it 
when the good Lord spun me round
                    F              
I should have known better than to 
                 G              
think they could keep a good man 
   C
down
G
So please don't you worry
G                             N.C
Please don't you ever come see me